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Forty years of European Capitals of Culture in their own words: what cities promised, what they did, and what the evaluations found.

documents: 472
cities: 190
evaluations: 53
bid books: 182; 1985–2031

6 documents of type selection panel report for “European dimension”

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Umea and Lund Selection Comparison (Umeå 2014)

What the document types mean

Bid book (pre-selection): A city's first application for the title, judged by the selection panel to make the shortlist.; Evidence of intent: what a city promised, not what it delivered.
Bid book (final selection): A shortlisted city's full, final application for the title, with its programme, budget and plans.; Evidence of intent: what a city promised, not what it delivered.
Selection panel report: The EU expert panel's assessment of the bids in one competition, with its reasons and its recommendation.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Monitoring panel report: The EU expert panel's report on a designated city's preparations before its title year, with its advice.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Ex-post evaluation: An assessment, written after the title year or a programme, of what it actually achieved, usually by independent evaluators.; Evidence of outcome: what actually happened.
Monitoring or progress report: A city's own report on how its programme is going, written while it runs, with the figures it has tracked.; Evidence of outcome: what actually happened.
Strategy: A city's long-term plan or policy for culture, including legacy strategies and council decisions.; A plan: how a city meant to deliver and keep going.
Action plan: A concrete plan of what a city or organisation will do, by when and with what resources.; A plan: how a city meant to deliver and keep going.
Guide or toolkit: Practical how-to material that others can reuse: guides, toolkits, handbooks and templates.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Research: Studies, frameworks and papers across one or more cities, written by researchers rather than by a city.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Other: Anything else: news, memos, programme brochures and documents that fit no type above.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.

Conclusion The collective understandings and meanings – the Europeanisation happened through two topics. The topics Lund’s and Umeå’s bids both had in common was geography and actors.

Selection panel report — Sweden ECoC 2029 (pre-selection)

2029

European dimension The European dimension being the raison d’être of an ECoC the panel expects to find Europe at the heart of the final bids and permeated throughout the cultural and artistic programmes.

Selection panel report — Spain ECoC 2031 (pre-selection)

2031

…to clarify unique elements that specifically tie the concept to the city, rather than presenting a generic concept applicable to any European city. Consistency between the selected vision and all other elements of the bid must be ensured.

Selection panel report — Latvia ECoC 2027 (pre-selection)

2027

European dimension The panel recommends that all four cities revisit this criterion with great care. Although with a promising approach to this criterion, the proposals failed to engage fully with the challenges.

Selection panel report — Lithuania ECoC 2022 (pre-selection)

2022

An aim of the European dimension provided in the bidbook is to create “a tale about our – European and unity fairy tale, a tale of a united Europe, constantly creating a fairy tale where all are equal, tolerant, and communal lives in a…

Selection panel report — EFTA/EEA + candidate countries ECoC 2028 (pre-selection)

2028

European dimension The European dimension being the raison d’être of an ECoC the panel expects to find Europe at the heart of both final bids and permeated throughout the cultural and artistic programmes.